Teenager arrested in connection with Gentilly murder

A teenager wanted in a murder case since late Saturday night turned himself in to deputies at Orleans Parish Prison about noon Monday. Marquis Matthews, 18, was booked with the second-degree murder of 18-year-old Marc Canty, who was slain Friday afternoon in Gentilly following a chase. Matthews was accompanied by his attorney. Canty had called 9-1-1 prior to being shot dead...

A teenager wanted in a murder case since late Saturday night turned himself in to deputies at Orleans Parish Prison about noon Monday. Marquis Matthews, 18, was booked with the second-degree murder of 18-year-old Marc Canty, who was slain Friday afternoon in Gentilly following a chase.

Canty had called 9-1-1 prior to being shot dead in the 2100 block of Selma Street. Canty died in the backyard of 2128 Selma St. He was shot in the back and chest, according to a preliminary Orleans Parish Coroner's Office report.

Police provided no information about the motive for the shooting.

Eugene Reese. who has lived in that neighborhood for decades, said part of the chase was through his driveway at 2131 Selma. Reese said he heard seven shots fired as Canty was pursued by an assailant.

The death of Canty was the second homicide in the 2100 block of Selma since Reese moved into the neighborhood 25 years ago, he said. In 2006, a man was shot by his girlfriend as he entered a FEMA trailer, Reese said.